Advancing the Professionalization of Emergency Management

International Insights and Innovations for a Dynamic Profession
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-38048-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Disaster Science and Emergency Management

This book offers a comprehensive and timely exploration of the professionalization of emergency management, highlighting the field’s need to confront increasingly complex and globalized challenges. Its central argument is that effective emergency management—encompassing preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation—requires a sustained commitment to professional standards and best practices informed by multidisciplinary, international insights. By advancing the idea that professionalization is crucial for strengthening resilience and effectiveness, the volume aims to reshape how practitioners and scholars approach emergency management in diverse contexts.

Spanning contributions from Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and North America, this textured edited collection broadens the dialogue and amplifies traditionally underrepresented voices, addressing tribal emergency management and civil defense in Brazil alongside case studies from the Global South. Chapters are organized to encourage comparative, multidisciplinary analysis across critical areas such as legal frameworks, organizational behavior, community engagement, technology, ethics, and leadership. By integrating these diverse perspectives and approaches, this collection equips educators, students, practitioners, and policy makers with real-world case studies, best practices, and critical analyses for navigating contemporary emergencies. Ultimately, it helps prepare current and future professionals to meet the demands of complex, transnational crises in the 21st century with insight, skill, and a globally informed mindset

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carlson, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wirtschaftspädagogik, Berufspädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: The Foundations of Professionalization.- 1. History and Current Trends in Emergency Management Professionalization: Foundations, Tensions, and Future Directions.- 2. Professionalizing Emergency Management by Requisite Uniform Credentials.- 3. Know Your Limits: Defining the Scope of the Emergency Manager.- Part Two: Workforce Development, Hazard Mitigation, and Applied Practice.- 4. Everyone is a Mitigator: Advancing Hazard Mitigation as a Career.- 5. Anticipating the Future of Disasters: Cases, Lessons, and Implications for Emergency Management.- 6. Standardizing Excellence: Addressing Recruitment and Training Shortcomings
in Emergency Management.- 7. The Professionalization of Civil Defense: Recruitment Pathways.- 8. Storm-Swept and Shelter-Strong: Disaster Response Lessons from Cape Cod and Island Emergency Management.- Part Three: Organizational Leadership and Governance.- 9. Mastering Real-Life Scenarios: Leveraging After-Action Reviews, Exercises, and Training.- 10. Applying an Integrative Model to Emergency Management Professionalization.- 11. Professionalizing Emergency Management through Interdisciplinary Leadership.- Part Four: Research and Higher Education in Emergency Management.- 12. From Classrooms to Crisis: Leveraging Partnerships in Higher Education Emergency Management Programs.- 13. Emergency Preparedness and Response in U.S. Higher Education Institutions.- Part Five: The Future of Emergency Management Professionalization.- 14. More than Force-Laydown Maps: Earth Observation for Decision-Support.- 15. Professionalizing Emergency Management Across Sectors: Private Industry, Technology, and the Rise of Digital Resilience.- 16. Business NOT as Usual: Telework and the Mental Well-Being of Emergency Managers.- 17. Emergency Management’s Professional Turn: Milestones, Challenges, and Progress.

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Carlson is Visiting Professor of Emergency Management at Nichols College, USA. She is an emergency management scholar, educator, and practitioner with more than twenty years of experience in disaster leadership, higher education, and public service. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Emergency Manager (CEM®), her operational experience includes leadership roles during Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon response, and other major disasters. Her research examines the professionalization of emergency management, leadership, emergency management education, credentialing, and workforce development.